Lost a webdomain, now what?

dulpit

Not sure if this is the best place for this, if not - apologies.

I am the secretary of my scout group and we have/had a website, the renewal of which was supposed to go through at the end of last month. The hosting package renewed with no issues, but the domain name did not, there is an issue with the Visa card being used, the verified by Visa stuff came up, meaning I needed to track down the information from our treasurer. Unfortunately he was on holidays and in the meantime the domain expired fully.

I finally got all of the details needed for the credit card this morning, I went to re-register the domain name but it turns out somebody else has registered it. I checked the whois record, it seems that it's now registered with following details:

• Registrar: REGISTER.IT SPA
• Whois Server: whois.register.it
• Referral URL: http://we.register.it
• Status: clientDeleteProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited

Where do I stand from here? Do we need to get a different domain name? Or is there a way to reclaim this one? We also have email accounts set up under the original domain name (using google apps) and they've all gone too now, until I can sort this out.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

snappieT

You have 2 options:
1. Cut your losses, get a new domain name, change your email addresses.
2. Buy your old domain name back. This is a typical thing, where people register recently-expired domains, in the hope the owner will want it enough to pay for it. If you visit the site now, is there some sort of landing page? They'll probably try to sell it back to you.

_AVALANCHE_

snappieT wrote: »

This is a typical thing, where people register recently-expired domains, in the hope the owner will want it enough to pay for it.

FFs, they've little to be at?

How do you check for recently expired domains?

hearny

PM me the domain name (or just post it here). You should have a grace period once a domain expires depending on the top level domain (.com / .ie etc.).

dulpit

hearny wrote: »

PM me the domain name (or just post it here). You should have a grace period once a domain expires depending on the top level domain (.com / .ie etc.).

Ya, we did have a grace period, that's when I was trying to locate our credit card details and then the SNAFU with verified by visa kicked in...

Domain is stfinbarrsscouts.com fwiw

hearny

Thats a strange one I have to say, do you have specific dates that the domain was supposed to expire on.

You should have a redemption period where it costs about €100 or so to reregister.

Looks like the whois info is still showing your details.

Can you log int your Names Co. account (that looks like where you registered it.

Dublin_Gunner

You still own the webdomain.

Register.it are the company through whom the domain was registered for you.

stfinbarrsscouts.com Registrar Whois

Updated 1 second ago REGISTER.IT SPA - Whois Server Version 1.4

The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET and .ORG domains.

Domain name: STFINBARRSSCOUTS.COM
Created on: 2011-04-28
Updated on: 2011-05-09
Expires on: 2012-04-28
Registrant Name: ST. FINBARR'S SCOUT GROUP, DOYLE ROAD, CORK
Contact: St. Finbarr's Scout Group, Doyle Road, Cork
Registrant Address: New Friary Hall,
Registrant City: Doyle Road
Registrant Postal Code: N/A
Registrant Country: IE
Administrative Contact Organization: Namesco Limited
Administrative Contact Name: Domain Administrator
Administrative Contact Address: Acton House, Perdiswell Park
Administrative Contact City: Worcester
Administrative Contact Postal Code: WR3 7GD
Administrative Contact Country: GB
Administrative Contact Email: @names.co.uk
Administrative Contact Tel: +44 845 3633630
Technical Contact Organization: Namesco Limited
Technical Contact Name:
Technical Contact Address: Acton House, Perdiswell Park
Technical Contact City: Worcester
Technical Contact Postal Code: WR3 7GD
Technical Contact Country: GB
Technical Contact Email: @names.co.uk
Technical Contact Phone: +44 845 3633630
Technical Contact Fax: +44 845 363 3631
Primary Name Server Hostname: NS0.REG365.NET
Secondary Name Server Hostname: NS1.REG365.NET

Just get it renew it as soon as you can.

As you can see, the register.it crowd have already re-registered it until next year, awaiting your renewal.

Sup08

This is hosted and registered by Register365 just call them and they can sort it for you.

http://www.register365.com/company-contactus.html

Dublin_Gunner

Sup08 wrote: »

This is hosted and registered by Register365 just call them and they can sort it for you.

http://www.register365.com/company-contactus.html

My post above you clearly shows its still registered to the scout group.

Any domain register can register it, not just 365.

Sup08

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Sup08 wrote: »

This is hosted and registered by Register365 just call them and they can sort it for you.

http://www.register365.com/company-contactus.html

My post above you clearly shows its still registered to the scout group.

Any domain register can register it, not just 365.

Register.it is register365 and they are the current registrars of this domain. Therefore I would assume it was originally registered with Register365 and they have already registered the domain (as you said) already awaiting payment from the scout group. But if they have it registered it may have already been updated it purchased by someone else.
So to find out what the situation on the current registration of this domain, you have to contact the registered registrar which is register.it who is register365

dulpit

Sup08 wrote: »

Register.it is register365 and they are the current registrars of this domain. Therefore I would assume it was originally registered with Register365 and they have already registered the domain (as you said) already awaiting payment from the scout group. But if they have it registered it may have already been updated it purchased by someone else.
So to find out what the situation on the current registration of this domain, you have to contact the registered registrar which is register.it who is register365

Well the good news is that we originally purchased this from register 365, I'm going to drop them a line now, fingers crossed!

dulpit

Got the domain back, the gave me access back to the renew website link and it's all sorted now.

Nice one all, I'm not in trouble at our next group council meeting now

Sup08

dulpit wrote: »

Got the domain back, the gave me access back to the renew website link and it's all sorted now.

Nice one all, I'm not in trouble at our next group council meeting now

Great stuff. Well done and just remember to renew before the end date next time. Lol

dulpit

Sup08 wrote: »

Great stuff. Well done and just remember to renew before the end date next time. Lol

The credit card will still be active next year, so hopefully there won't be any SNAFUs.

I hope. :P

Reg365

Hi there dulpit, I work for Register 365 - please do let us know if you have any more questions or issues. Thanks.